@words-outwest.bsky.social
Flash fan, poet, short fiction writer. Likes actual and imaginary travel. Words: 2nd place Bath Flash June 2021, Best Microfiction 2022, Free Flash Fiction Competition Winner.
Thank you so much for your patience while we prepare the next issue. It will be worth the wait, we promise!
We are thrilled to be including these brilliant writers and illustrators in the next issue π€© More info about the new edition coming very soon ππ
Love this Karen! Congratulations π π
24.11.2025 20:00 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Really enjoyed this Chris!
20.11.2025 19:08 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Congratulations! Love Blink Ink.
19.11.2025 20:24 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Big thanks to Nish X Hegde for choosing my story for the shortlist and thanks to Ian for publishing it.
19.11.2025 19:44 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Well done Abby and for your other recent successes. ππ
15.11.2025 14:09 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Congratulations to all! ππ
15.11.2025 14:08 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Me too!
12.11.2025 22:37 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Good luck all. As always, a stellar list!
10.11.2025 18:58 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Happy birthday Sumitra! Enjoy your next year.
08.11.2025 20:13 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Very proud of this beautiful baby! π¦
If you love short fiction and want to read 27 amazing writers' interpretation of "treasure in unexpected places", then please do grab a copy and help raise money for UK wildlife π¦‘π¦π¦’π¦
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28.09.2025 15:45 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Me neither Diane! Am a bit techno stubborn, so tend to just disengage rather than try to fix the issue. Might try the list thing to resolve it!
07.09.2025 09:40 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Such a wonderful online resource for children's poetry. Show your teacher friends, your primary aged children and anyone who writes for children.
07.09.2025 09:34 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Yes, me too! Hoping to make it next year.
30.07.2025 11:26 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Massive congratulations @eleanor-luke.bsky.social!
28.07.2025 09:31 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Thanks Judy for being my first reader. π₯°
24.07.2025 17:03 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thanks Suzanne!
24.07.2025 17:02 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Thank you @nomad-sw18.bsky.social . Love the blend of real and surreal in your story too Cole!
24.07.2025 17:01 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Thanks @trashcatlit.bsky.social for selecting my story alongside these fabulous writers.
22.07.2025 12:32 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thanks Abby!
19.07.2025 15:03 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Huge thanks to Ian and team, judge @sagreene1.bsky.social for commending my flash and Tiverton Museum for the eponymous New Perfection Refrigerator, 1930 of the piece.
19.07.2025 09:30 β π 8 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0Congratulations Harry! Cleverly done.
16.07.2025 20:42 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Beautifully sad
16.07.2025 20:41 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Love this...the ending stays with you.
16.07.2025 20:41 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I spy many a flashy friend on the list so competition will be fierce as usual. Good luck all!
07.07.2025 14:33 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Helliooo. Loved this! Been meandering around in Blue Sky but haven't quite got the hang of it. Defo seems to be the new virtual place to be, so will stick with it. π
03.07.2025 18:12 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Read in one breath. Then read it again. Wow!
03.07.2025 06:30 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Congratulations to the winners; I love the range of stories, styles and subjects. All so cleverly done. Devoured in one sitting and will read and re read again.ππππππ
29.06.2025 15:19 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Yay! Good luck Abby. This is a fab competition.
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